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Motivation, Stress and Emotion Flashcards

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incentives

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pos. or neg stimuli that lure or repel us

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yerkes dodson law

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med arousal –> best performance

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primary drives

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biological needs

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secondary drives

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wants

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A.L Washburn

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studied hunger with a balloon in someones stomach

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lateral hypothalamus

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makes you hungry

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ventromedial hypothalamus

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makes you feel full

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set point

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Set weight body tries to maintain

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Ghrelin

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hunger hormone secreted from the stomach (more hungry)

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Insulin

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hunger hormone from the pancreas (less hungry)

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Leptin

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hunger hormone from fat cells (less hungry)

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Orexin

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hunger hormone from the hypothalamus (more hungry)

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PYY

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hunger hormone from intestine/digestive tract (less hungery)

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obesity

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15-30% over average body weight

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bulimia

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eat then –> do something to quickly loose the weight (throw up, work out, laccatives)

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anorexia

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not eating to loose weight

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The Garcia effect

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studied aversions
ex. repulsed by food you ate when you were in chemo

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Alfred Kinsey

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studies sexual practices

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Masters and Johnson

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studied sexual cycles by watching volunteers masterbate

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Importance of belonging

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basic human motivation

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ostracism

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social exclusion

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testosterone

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the male sex hormone

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estrogen

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female sex hormone

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sexual response cycle

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  1. excitement phase
  2. plateau phase- increase in blood pressure, pulse, and breathing
  3. orgasm
  4. resolution phase
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homosexuality theories

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  1. linked to the size of the hypothalamus
  2. abnormal amt of the opposite sex hormone in womb
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emotion

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bodily arousal, expressive behavior, conscious thoughts and feelings

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James-Lange theory on emotion

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Arousal comes before emotion
ex. scared then tremble

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Cannon-Bard theory on emotion

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arousal and emotion happen at same time

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Stanley Schacter’s two factor theory on emotion

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physical arousal + cognitive appraisal = emotions

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polygraphs

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measures heart rate, sweat, and blood pressure

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problems with the polygraph test

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could show up as a lie when in reality you are really just nervous

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role of sympathetic division of your autonomic nervous system during emotional arousal

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mobilizes body for action and causes adrenal glands to secrete stress hormone

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parasympathetic systems and emotion

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calms the body

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Robert Zajone

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we have emotional reactions before we interpret stimuli

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low road thinking

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using old parts of the brain and acting in an irrational emotional way

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high road thinking

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thinking before acting

37
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amygdala on emotional thinking

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where emotions are felt

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thalamus in emotional thinking

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where everything goes through

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Walter cannon

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came up with cannon-bard theory

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Stressors

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things that cause stress
1. catastrophes
2. significant life changes
3. daily hassles

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Hans Selye

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studied the body’s adaptive reaction to stress by stimulating animals

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General adaptation syndrome- 3 stages

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  1. alarm reaction- sympathetic nervous system activated
  2. resistance- fight back
  3. exhaustion- after delt with stress
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role of prolonged stress

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damage to the immune system and more likely to get cancer, heart disease

44
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norepinephrine, epinephrine, and cortisol

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stress hormones

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adrenal gland

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secretes stress hormones

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Holmes and Rahe

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studied stress by giving a point value to stressful thing

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Type A personality

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competitive, impatient, verbally aggressive
(more prone to heart probs)

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Type B personality

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easygoing

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Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

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assessment for measuring stressful situations

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Life changing units (LCU)

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Stressful things point value

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lack of control effects on stress

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makes you more stressed

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explanatory style

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how people explain to themselves why they experience a particular event, either positive or negative

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problem-focused coping

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deal with the problem to decrease stress
ex. studying for stressful test

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emotion-focused coping

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dealing with your emotions to deal with stress

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Paul Ekman

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found out facial expressions are universal

56
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Universal human emotions

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-happy
-sad
-angry
-fear
-disgust
-surprise
-contempt

57
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context dependant memory

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remembering better when you are in the spot something happened
ex. taking test where you learned the material

58
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acetocolene

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Neurotransmitter governs memory and movement

59
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kinesthetic sense

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body awareness in space

60
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selective attention

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only focusing on a certain thing
ex. passing basketball and the gorilla

61
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proactive interference

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old info hakes it hard to learn new things

62
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external locus of control

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forces outside of your control

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